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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 初 |
はつ |
(adj-no,n,n-suf) first; new |
239 |
| 当初 |
とうしょ |
(n-adv,n-t) at first |
423 |
| 最初 |
さいしょ |
(adj-no,n-adv,n-t) beginning; outset; first; onset |
521 |
| 初期 |
しょき |
(adj-no,n) (1) early (days); initial stage; (2) (computer) initial |
713 |
| 初代 |
しょだい |
(n) first generation; founder |
720 |
| 初めて |
はじめて |
(adv,n) for the first time |
814 |
| 秋 |
あき |
(n-adv) autumn; fall |
1168 |
| 初版 |
しょはん |
(n) first edition |
2729 |
| 初め |
はじめ |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning; start; origin |
3104 |
| 初頭 |
しょとう |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning |
3504 |
| 初演 |
しょえん |
(n) first performance |
3879 |
| 初回 |
しょかい |
(n) first time |
4127 |
| 春秋 |
しゅんじゅう |
(n) spring and autumn; months and years |
5055 |
| 春秋 |
はるあき |
(n) spring and autumn; months and years |
5055 |
| 文藝春秋 |
ぶんげいしゅんじゅう |
name of publishing company |
5277 |
| 初出 |
しょしゅつ |
(n) first appearance |
6897 |
| 千秋 |
せんしゅう |
(n) thousand years; many years |
7058 |
| 初心者 |
しょしんしゃ |
(n) beginner |
7543 |
| 初等 |
しょとう |
(n) elementary; primary |
7929 |
| 初戦 |
しょせん |
(n) first match (in a series) |
8583 |
| 秋季 |
しゅうき |
(n) fall; autumn |
8675 |
| 初恋 |
はつこい |
(n) first love; puppy love |
8899 |
| 初日 |
しょにち |
(n-adv,n-t) first or opening day |
9288 |
| 初日 |
はつひ |
(n) New Year's Day sunrise |
9288 |
| 初級 |
しょきゅう |
(n) elementary level |
13810 |
| 初夏 |
しょか |
(n) early summer |
14184 |
| 初舞台 |
はつぶたい |
(n) debut; initial stage appearance |
14677 |
| 千秋楽 |
せんしゅうらく |
(n) concluding festivities; final day of a sumo tournament; concluding program |
14938 |
| 初旬 |
しょじゅん |
(n-adv,n) first 10 days of the month |
15448 |
| 初速 |
しょそく |
(n) (physics) initial velocity |
15972 |
| 初詣 |
はつもうで |
(n) first temple visit of New Year |
16015 |
| 初段 |
しょだん |
(n) lowest grade; first grade |
16460 |
| 初年 |
しょねん |
(n-adv,n-t) first year; early years (of a reign or era) |
16822 |
| 初対面 |
しょたいめん |
(n) first meeting; first interview with |
17195 |
| 年初 |
ねんしょ |
(n-adv,n) beginning of the year; New Year's greetings |
17636 |
| 秋水 |
しゅうすい |
(n) clear autumn water |
17994 |
| 初音 |
はつね |
(n) first warbling heard in a New Year |
17994 |
| 初号 |
しょごう |
(n) first number issue of a magazine |
18299 |
| 初陣 |
ういじん |
(n) first campaign; one's first battle |
19141 |
| 秋分 |
しゅうぶん |
(n) autumn equinox |
19721 |
| 初乗り |
はつのり |
(n) first ride |
20854 |
| 太初 |
たいしょ |
(n) beginning of the world |
21087 |
| 秋祭り |
あきまつり |
(n) autumn festival |
21277 |
| 原初 |
げんしょ |
(n) origin(al); source; first |
21530 |
| 初歩 |
しょほ |
(adj-no,n) elements; rudiments; ABC's of.. |
21927 |
| 初場所 |
はつばしょ |
(n) first day of a sumo tournament; New Year's sumo tournament |
22804 |
| 初春 |
しょしゅん |
(n) early spring; New Year |
23235 |
| 初春 |
はつはる |
(n) early spring; New Year |
23235 |
| 秋場所 |
あきばしょ |
(n) autumn sumo tournament |
23686 |
| 春夏秋冬 |
しゅんかしゅうとう |
(n-adv,n-t) spring, summer, autumn and winter; the four seasons |
24291 |
| 晩秋 |
ばんしゅう |
(n-adv,n) late autumn (fall) |
24627 |
| 立秋 |
りっしゅう |
(n) the first day of autumn (fall) |
24980 |
| 初球 |
しょきゅう |
(n) pitcher's first pitch (to batter) |
25041 |
| 初老 |
しょろう |
(n) middle-aged; aging; age 40 |
25630 |
| 秋風 |
あきかぜ |
(n) autumn breeze |
25918 |
| 秋風 |
しゅうふう |
(n) autumn breeze |
25918 |
| 見初める |
みそめる |
(v1) to see for the first time; to fall in love at first sight |
26157 |
| 初心 |
しょしん |
(adj-na,n) original intention; initial resolution |
26398 |
| 初日の出 |
はつひので |
(exp) first sunrise (of New Year) |
26398 |
| 初夜 |
しょや |
(n) first night; first watch of the night; bridal night |
27433 |
| 初子 |
ういご |
(n) first child |
27901 |
| 初子 |
はつご |
(n) first child |
27901 |
| 初雪 |
はつゆき |
(n) first snow (of season) |
27901 |
| 初秋 |
しょしゅう |
(n) early autumn |
28487 |
| 初発 |
しょはつ |
(n) start; first departure |
28567 |
| 秋刀魚 |
さんま |
(gikun) (n) pike (fish); saury |
28866 |
| 初夢 |
はつゆめ |
(n) year's first dream |
29410 |
| 秋色 |
しゅうしょく |
(n) autumn scenery |
29736 |
| 本初 |
ほんしょ |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning; origin; start |
30195 |
| 秋期 |
しゅうき |
(n) autumn |
30433 |
| 初婚 |
しょこん |
(n) first marriage |
31648 |
| 初冬 |
しょとう |
(n-adv,n) early winter; 10th lunar month |
31648 |
| 初手 |
しょて |
(n) beginning; start |
32361 |
| 秋口 |
あきぐち |
(n) beginning of autumn |
32964 |
| 秋声 |
しゅうせい |
(n) sound of the autumn wind |
33282 |
| 秋草 |
あきくさ |
(n) plants which flower in autumn |
33282 |
| 仲秋 |
ちゅうしゅう |
(n) 15th day of the 8th lunar month; 8th lunar month |
34212 |
| 初める |
そめる |
(aux-v,v1) to begin to |
34381 |
| 麦秋 |
ばくしゅう |
(n) wheat harvest |
34381 |
| 麦秋 |
むぎあき |
(n) wheat harvest |
34381 |
| 馴れ初め |
なれそめ |
(n) start of a romance; beginning of love |
34580 |
| 初潮 |
しょちょう |
(n) first menstruation |
34761 |
| 中秋 |
ちゅうしゅう |
(n) 15th day of the 8th lunar month; 8th lunar month |
34761 |
| 初生 |
しょせい |
(n) firstborn; first-produced; newborn |
34955 |
| 初孫 |
ういまご |
(n) first grandchild |
35139 |
| 初孫 |
はつまご |
(n) first grandchild |
35139 |
| 初々しい |
ういういしい |
(adj) innocent; artless; unsophisticated |
35577 |
| 秋津島 |
あきつしま |
(n) (ancient) Japan |
35778 |
| 秋雨 |
あきさめ |
(n) autumn rain |
35968 |
| 初犯 |
しょはん |
(n) first offense; first offender |
35968 |
| 初診 |
しょしん |
(n) initial medical examination |
36396 |
| 初穂 |
はつほ |
(n) first ears of rice or crops or harvest of the season |
37130 |
| 秋日和 |
あきびより |
(n) clear autumn day |
37706 |
| 初盆 |
はつぼん |
(n) first obon following the death of a family member |
38888 |
| 書き初め |
かきぞめ |
(n) New Year's writing (resolution) |
38888 |
| 秋雨前線 |
あきさめぜんせん |
(n) autumn rain front |
39227 |
| 初志 |
しょし |
(n) original intention |
39571 |
| 初物 |
はつもの |
(n) first produce of the season |
39571 |
| 今秋 |
こんしゅう |
(n-adv,n-t) this (next, last) autumn (fall) |
40263 |
| 初役 |
はつやく |
(n) first role |
41039 |
| 秋晴れ |
あきばれ |
(n) clear Autumnal weather |
41444 |
| 出初め |
でぞめ |
(n,vs) debut |
41444 |
| 秋分の日 |
しゅうぶんのひ |
autumn equinox holiday (Sep 23 or 24) |
41904 |
| 初荷 |
はつに |
(n) first cargo of the year |
41904 |
| 初耳 |
はつみみ |
(n) something heard for the first time |
41904 |
| 初産 |
ういざん |
(adj-na,n) first childbirth; primipara |
42342 |
| 初産 |
しょさん |
(adj-na,n) first childbirth; primipara |
42342 |
| 初産 |
しょざん |
(adj-na,n) first childbirth; primipara |
42342 |
| 初産 |
はつざん |
(adj-na,n) first childbirth; primipara |
42342 |
| 仮初 |
かりそめ |
(io) (adj-na,n) temporariness; transience; trifle; negligence |
42893 |
| 秋霜 |
しゅうそう |
(n) autumn frost |
42893 |
| 初節句 |
はつぜっく |
(n) baby's first annual festival |
42893 |
| 書初め |
かきぞめ |
(n) New Year's writing (resolution) |
42893 |
| 秋霜烈日 |
しゅうそうれつじつ |
(n) harshness; severity |
43447 |
| 初診料 |
しょしんりょう |
(n) fee for an initial medical examination |
44061 |
| 昨秋 |
さくしゅう |
(n-adv,n-t) autumn (fall) of last year |
44709 |
| 渡り初め |
わたりぞめ |
(n) bridge-opening ceremony; first crossing of a bridge |
44709 |
| 秋作 |
あきさく |
(n) autumn crops |
45436 |
| 秋思 |
しゅうし |
(n) lonely feeling of fall; autumnal melancholy |
45436 |
| 初経 |
しょけい |
(n) first menstruation |
45436 |
| 三秋 |
さんしゅう |
(n) three autumn months; three years |
46248 |
| 秋気 |
しゅうき |
(n) autumn (fall) air |
46248 |
| 秋波 |
しゅうは |
(n) amorous glance; wink |
46248 |
| 秋冷 |
しゅうれい |
(n) cool autumn weather |
46248 |
| 暮秋 |
ぼしゅう |
(n) late autumn |
47205 |
| 一日千秋 |
いちじつせんしゅう |
(n) (wait) impatiently; (spend) many a weary day |
48294 |
| 一日千秋 |
いちにちせんしゅう |
(n) (wait) impatiently; (spend) many a weary day |
48294 |
| 秋晴 |
あきばれ |
(n) clear Autumnal weather |
48294 |
| 初姿 |
はつすがた |
(n) first wearing (of kimono) in the New Year |
48294 |
| 初七日 |
しょなぬか |
(n) (Buddhist) memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death |
48294 |
| 初七日 |
しょなのか |
(n) (Buddhist) memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death |
48294 |
| 初湯 |
はつゆ |
(n) first bath of the New Year |
48294 |
| 初氷 |
はつごおり |
(n) first ice of winter |
48294 |
| 食い初め |
くいぞめ |
(n) ceremony celebrating a baby's weaning |
48294 |
| 秋日 |
しゅうじつ |
(n) autumn day; autumn |
49657 |
| 初空 |
はつそら |
(n) sky on New Year's morning |
49657 |
| 初空 |
はつぞら |
(n) sky on New Year's morning |
49657 |
| 初初しい |
ういういしい |
(adj) innocent; artless; unsophisticated |
49657 |
| 初審 |
しょしん |
(n) first trial |
49657 |
| お食い初め |
おくいぞめ |
weaning ceremony |
51560 |
| 為初め |
しそめ |
outset; beginning |
51560 |
| 為初める |
しそめる |
(v1) to begin to do |
51560 |
| 仮初にも |
かりそめにも |
(adv) for a moment; even as a joke; even in the slightest degree |
51560 |
| 仮初め |
かりそめ |
(adj-na,n) temporariness; transience; trifle; negligence |
51560 |
| 仮初めにも |
かりそめにも |
(adv) for a moment; even as a joke; even in the slightest degree |
51560 |
| 海秋沙 |
うみあいさ |
(n) red-breasted merganser |
51560 |
| 危急存亡の秋 |
ききゅうそんぼうのとき |
crisis; critical moment; critical time |
51560 |
| 業界初 |
ぎょうかいはつ |
the industry's first ... |
51560 |
| 月初め |
つきはじめ |
(adv,n) beginning of month |
51560 |
| 御食い初め |
おくいぞめ |
weaning ceremony |
51560 |